The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-26

This district has voted $l2,OOO In
bonds for this purpose, and there
are indications from the number OF
enquiries coming in from investors
that these bonds will sell readily at
par and will undoubtedly COM
mand premium.
Ten carloads of snow fences re-
Gently passed through Laramie,
Wyoming, from Cheyenne, en- route
for use on the Oregon Short
Line. More fences are to be taken
from the line of the Wyoming di-
vision, between that point and
Lookout, and shipped to the. same
destination for the same use.
The question of dividing Alturas
county making Mountain Home or
Rocky Bar the county seat of Ell
more county, and Shoshone the
county seat of Logan county, was
defeated i'm the last legislature only
by a want of time to properly pre-
sent the subject.
Fifteen million dollars is the sum
stated to have been invested in cat
tie of all kinds in Idaho, during
the past three years, says an East
ern Oregon Exchange.
The prospects are bright for a
large immigration to Idaho this year
and times are bound to be better in
nearly all sections of the Territory.
Caldwell Tribune, Feb. 10
Work on the Sebree ditch is pro-
crossing finely. Dirt is flying on
some portions of it. and r. +. Mil
Ter & Co. are hard at work putting
i'm the head-gate, under the super
vision of Col. Meacham.
Gentlemen from the Payette bring
the news that the cattle in that
valley are in frightful condition,
owing to the long continued storms.
Herds that could not be bought for
any money are dying off at an
alarming rate, and the prospects
now are that the loss will be great.
Weiser Leader. Feb. II.
About 1000 head of stock are
being fed in Paddock valley. This
valley is very rich, and is one of
the largest hay producing sections
of our country.
Geese and mallard ducks have
remained in the valley during the
entire winter.
The bridge over the Weiser built
by the San Francisco Bridge Co. has
been accepted. 1t cost $4,000.
Free Press, Feb IL.
The Catholic church at Cotton
wood is nearing completion.
The Lewiston land office does
less business in the way of final
proofs than any other land office in
the northwest.
The Warrens mail arrived out
Monday afternoon. two days behind
time. owing to snow slides having
wiped out the trail up the Salmon
river canyon. The depth of snow
in the mountains is immense, and
the snow sheer says he can't touch
bottom through it with forty-rod
fish pole.
1t is rumored in Lewiston that
Rev. Teter, who formerly spread
the gospel among the heather Of
these parts, and who left here a
year ago as a missionary to central
Africa, was murdered by the natives
and hung up by the heels and
roasted.
Range and Valley, Feb IS.
E. C.. Helfrich on his arrival at
Mountain Home from Boise met
with cordial reception from the
residents there at the Turner house.
In response to q toast given, MIR.
Helfrich said:
While lamenting the defeat of the
division bill, and condeming the
treachery by which it was lost, he
counseled firmness and hope in add
hercnce to the cause and he could
not 'forbear abiding to the fact that
he and his associates, though de-
feated i'm this matter, had been able
to dictate the salaries upon which
the members of the Alturas official
ring should serve for the next two
years.
Last Saturday night as the train
from the west drew up at the depot,
an efIigy suspended from the liber-
tv pole was set on fire. On its
head "E. G. B." were pinned in
proud letters; across the breast
was fixed the suspicious legend
"For Sale" while the left hand
grasped and half secreted behind
the body suspicious sack labeled
$500"
If the snow should remain on
the ground for 10 days or SO, the
loss of stock will be heavy. Most
of the stockmen on this side of the
river have fair supply of hay. and
are feeding the poorest of their
herds.
Six inches of snow fell Wednes-
day. 1t afforded the first good
sleighing in this section for the
past five years. Many took the
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